Summary of 1 July 2023 changes

As a self-financing scheme, the Clean Car Discount’s rebates and fees require regular review and adjustment to ensure fees generate enough revenue to fund the scheme’s rebates and administration costs. From 1 July 2023 rebates and fees for the Clean Car Discount will be changing.

Some of the changes are:

a special rebate for new and used low emission disability vehicles will be introduced
for new vehicles, the maximum rebate will decrease, and the maximum fee will increase
the threshold at which vehicles will be subject to fees will reduce from 192 grams of CO₂ per kilometre to 150 grams.

Read over a summary of the changes

View rebate and fee pricing from 1 July

Clean Car Discount rebate and fee pricing before and after 1 July 2023

New vehicles

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Used vehicles

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Rebate and fee pricing at each CO₂ value

Rebate and fee pricing is based on a vehicle’s CO₂ emissions (CO₂ grams per kilometre). The Rightcar website is a helpful resource for finding estimated emissions by make or model.

Vehicles with emissions between 0 – 100 (g CO /km) will be eligible for a rebate.
Vehicles with emissions between 101 – 149 won’t be eligible for a rebate or incur a fee. We refer to this as the zero band.
Vehicles with emissions between 150 – 345 will incur a fee.

Clean Car Discount rebate pricing [PDF, 240 KB]

Clean Car Discount fee pricing [PDF, 245 KB]

Rightcar website(external link)

Summary of 1 July changes to rebates

Vehicle type/description	What's changing
Zero emission vehicles (EVs)	For new models, the rebate will reduce from $8625 to $7015. For used imports, the rebate will increase from $3450 to $3507.50.
Low emission vehicles	The threshold at which low emission vehicles will be eligible for a rebate will change from 146 g CO₂/km to 100 g CO₂/km.
Zero band range vehicles	Some vehicles won’t be eligible for a rebate or incur a fee. The zero band range will be 101 – 149 (g CO₂/km), down from 147 – 191.
Rebates rates for new vehicles	The rebate rate per gram of CO₂ in the range of 60 – 100 will be $57.50. The current rate is $51.55. The maximum rebate will decrease from $5750 to $4025.
Rebates rates for used vehicles	The rebate rate per gram of CO₂ in the range of 60 – 100 will be $28.75. The current rate is $20.62. The maximum rebate will decrease from $2300 to $2012.50.
Disability vehicles*	A special rebate for new and used low emission disability vehicles will be introduced: $11,500 for a battery electric vehicle, and $5750 for hybrids. _{*Disability vehicles are vehicles modified to carry people seated in wheelchairs or which have swivel seats for easier entry/exit. These vehicles must be certified as disability vehicles and be first registered in New Zealand.}

Summary of 1 July changes to fees

Carbon emissions (g CO₂/km)	New vehicles	Used vehicles
150 - 259	The fee rate per gram will change from $58.00 to $57.50.	The fee rate per gram will change from $43.00 to $28.75.
260 or more	The maximum fee will increase from $5175 to $6900.	The maximum fee will increase from $2875 to $3450.

Eligibility criteria

While rebate thresholds are changing, eligibility criteria will stay the same:

vehicles must be registered in New Zealand for the first time
be purchased for less than $80,000 (New Zealand dollars) including GST and on-road costs
and have a safety rating of three or more stars from the Rightcar website